Seat suspension for all implements



Nov. 29, 1949 H. c. ROSE 2,489,981

SEAT SUSPENSION FOR ALL IMPLEMENTS Filed March 20, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. HAROLD C. ROSE ATTORNEYS .Nov. 29, 1949 H. c. ROSE 2,489,981

SEAT SUSPENSION FOR ALL IMPLEMENTS Filed March 20, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

HAROLD C ROSE ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICE 2,489,981 SEAT SUSPENSION FOR ALL IMPLEMENTS Harold C. Rose, Sturgis, S. Dak. Application March 20, 1946, Serial No. 655,741

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to a seat support, and more especially to a shock absorbing suspension or supporting means for implements or machinery seats.

' The primary object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character, wherein a seat of an implement when occupied will be relieved at the side of shock common to almost all implement seats, and in this manner giving greater comfort to the occupant when the implement is in service and thus minimizing shocksand jars to the rider incident to the travel of the I A further object of the invention is the provision of a structure of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong, durable, novel in construction and unique .in thearrangement of its parts, readily and easily installed on an implement for servicing the same and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred and modified forms of construction thereof, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. l

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a riding implement, showing the structure in accordance with the invention applied thereto.

Figure '2 is a fragmentary elevation, showing the standard of the seat and mounting thereof on an enlarged scale when the implement is subjected to side thrust.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 1 showing the seat in normal position.

Figure 4 is a side view of a slight modification.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 4 and on an enlarged scale.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detailfpartlcularly Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the structure constituting the present invention, comprises a base or platform III, which may be of any approved form and arrangement having rising therefrom a substantially U-shaped bearing II, its pivot ears I2 upstanding therefrom in spaced relation to each other for accommodating a horizontal pivot or hinge pintle l3 to which is fitted a hinging shackle H, so that the latter can swing backwardly and forwardly. This shackle [4 has arranged in a bifurcation 15 therein the lower end of a seat standard I6 which is connected by a pivot H to such shackle for swinging movement at substantially right angles to the pivotal axis of the shackle at the pivot or pintle l3.

The upper end of the standard l6 has fixedly connected thereto a riders seat I8 for the implement denoted generally at l9 and may be of any type, it being no part of the essence of the present invention.

Upstanding from the base or platform It! rearwardly to and at laterally opposite sides with relation to the standard l6 are upwardly and outwardly flared reversely disposed brackets 20 having in their upper ends clearances for plunger links 2| which upwardly converge toward each other with the upper ends forming eyes 22 for a pivot 23 carried in a coupling bearing 24 fixed to the under portion of the upper end of the standard l6 as best seen in Figures 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings.

About these links 2| are coiled compression springs 25 each interposed between the bracket 20 next thereto and a cotter pin 26 remote from the latter, the ends of the links 2| outside of the brackets 20 being fitted with cotter pins 21 so that such links cannot separate from the said brackets. These springs under normalcy sustain the seat standard H5 in a perpendicular position, which is also maintained when lateral shocks and jars are imparted thereto due to the side tilt of'the implement in the travel thereof, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. The links 2| are adapted for free slidin movement through the brackets 20 when the seat is subjected to sudden side thrusts and the springs 25 absorbing the shocks and jars of the implement and relieving the same from said seat l8 as should be apparent.

In Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings there is shown a slight modification of the invention wherein a locking key 28 engages the standard and shackle together to hold the said standard against lateral swinging motion, yet allowing the said standard to swing forwardly and backwardly with relation to the implement and at the same time tensloned by the springs for shockabsorbing purposes. I

What is claimed is:

In a ground vehicle adapted to travel over varying terrain, the combination of a hinge pintle, bearing means on the ground vehicle mounting said hinge pintle transversely to the longitudinal axis of the ground vehicle, a hinging shackle rotatably mounted on said hinge pintle for oscillation thereon, a seat standard having a lower and an upper end portion, an operator's seat secured to the upper end portion of said seat standard, means pivoting the lower end portion oi said seat standard to said hinging shackle for oscillation about an axis in the vertical plane oi the longitudinal axis of the ground vehicle whereby said operator's seat is universally mounted relative to the vehicle, separated brackets on the vehicle and spaced a predetermined distance respective brackets.

HAROLD C. ROSE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 666,802 Ford Jan. 29, 1901 1,746,938 Hawkins Feb. 11, 1930 so 2,284,352 Zank May 26, 1942 Silhan Oct. 22, 1946 

